Ahead of a rumored spinoff involving its Greenplum database/analytics unit, EMC has acquired...

Ahead of a rumored spinoff involving its Greenplum database/analytics unit, EMC has acquired More IT Resources, a developer of database/system resource performance monitoring software, for a reported $10M-$20M. EMC declares More IT's ability to optimize resource allocation in real-time "revolutionary," and says the company will be integrated with Greenplum immediately. Greenplum has been growing quickly, but also faces competition from Oracle, IBM, H-P and others.